Solve 3/4*8/12

$$\frac { 3 } { 4 } \times \frac { 8 } { 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{2}=0.5$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{2}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{4} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 2}{4\times 3}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{4}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$